diff --git a/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml b/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
index c2f2f9ebd..d4b47f7be 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/projects/activity.rhtml
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 <% @events_by_day[day].sort {|x,y| y.event_datetime <=> x.event_datetime }.each do |e| -%>
   <dt class="<%= e.event_type %>"><span class="time"><%= format_time(e.event_datetime, false) %></span>
   <%= content_tag('span', h(e.project), :class => 'project') if @project.nil? || @project != e.project %> <%= link_to h(truncate(e.event_title, 100)), e.event_url %></dt>
-  <dd><% unless e.event_description.blank? -%>
-  <span class="description"><%= format_activity_description(e.event_description) %></span><br />
-  <% end %>
+  <dd><span class="description"><%= format_activity_description(e.event_description) %></span>
   <span class="author"><%= e.event_author if e.respond_to?(:event_author) %></span></dd>
 <% end -%>
 </dl>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 2467fd3cf..e5bb4a7ab 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ div#activity dt .time { color: #777; font-size: 80%; }
 div#activity dd .description, #search-results dd .description { font-style: italic; }
 div#activity span.project:after, #search-results span.project:after { content: " -"; }
 #search-results dd { margin-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 20px; margin-left:0px;}
-#search-results dd span.description { display:block; }
+div#activity dd span.description, #search-results dd span.description { display:block; }
 
 dt.issue { background-image: url(../images/ticket.png); }
 dt.issue-edit { background-image: url(../images/ticket_edit.png); }